htjeti

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

(Ekavian): htȅti

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *xъtěti.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /xtjêti/
Hyphenation: htje‧ti

VerbEdit

htjȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling хтје̏ти)

(transitive) to wish, want, desire
Hoćeš da ti pomognem? Samo reci kako. ― Do you want me to help you? Just say how.
(intransitive, auxiliary) Used to form the future tense; shall, will, going to
Ja ću raditi/Ja ću da radim. ― I will work.
(reflexive, impersonal, informal) to feel like, want
Nije mi se htjelo. ― I didn't feel like it. (literally, “It didn't want itself to me.”)

Usage notesEdit

In some dialects and colloquial speech, there is no aspiration so the initial h sound in all forms is never pronounced (e.g. hoću and htio become oću and tio respectively). In formal speech, aspiration is preferred.

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of htjeti

Infinitive: htjeti		Present verbal adverb: htjēći/htȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: htjȇvši/hòtjēvši		Verbal noun: htjénje/htȉjēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		hoću/htjednem/ću	hoćeš/htjedneš/ćeš	hoće/htjedne/će	hoćemo/htjednemo/ćemo	hoćete/htjednete/ćete	hoće/htjednu/će
Future	Future I	htjet ću¹ htjeću	htjet ćeš¹ htjećeš	htjet će¹ htjeće	htjet ćemo¹ htjećemo	htjet ćete¹ htjećete	htjet će¹ htjeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm htio²	bȕdēš htio²	bȕdē htio²	bȕdēmo htjeli²	bȕdēte htjeli²	bȕdū htjeli²
Past	Perfect	htio sam²	htio si²	htio je²	htjeli smo²	htjeli ste²	htjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam htio²	bȉo si htio²	bȉo je htio²	bíli smo htjeli²	bíli ste htjeli²	bíli su htjeli²
	Aorist	htjedoh / htjeh	htjede / htje	htjede / htje	htjedosmo / htjesmo	htjedoste / htjeste	htjedoše / htješe
	Imperfect	hoćah / hotijah / htijah	hoćaše / hotijaše / htijaše	hoćaše / hotijaše / htijaše	hoćasmo / hotijasmo / htijasmo	hoćaste / hotijaste / htijaste	hoćahu / hotijahu / htijahu
Conditional I		htio bih²	htio bi²	htio bi²	htjeli bismo²	htjeli biste²	htjeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih htio²	bȉo bi htio²	bȉo bi htio²	bíli bismo htjeli²	bíli biste htjeli²	bíli bi htjeli²
Imperative		—	htjedni	—	htjednimo	htjednite	—
Active past participle		htio m / htjela f / htjelo n			htjeli m / htjele f / htjela n
¹ Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. ² For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. ³ Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. ⁴ Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse in many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.